Tech Infused Unit Outline

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Technology Integration Unit Outline
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Name: Laura Bell
Project Title: Supreme Court Cases – U.S. Constitution
Project Subject: Government
Grade Level(s): 12
Essential Question: What is “settled Law” and how does it serve as a “Check” over
the other branches of Government?
How does Precedent (settled Law) have an effect on us and
society?
How do those outcomes from Supreme Court cases have an
effect on our daily lives and the country in which we live in?
How does the Supreme Court decide upon cases, and what is
the significance of their decisions? Can they be overturned?
Assignment Students will have previous knowledge of the U.S. Constitution
Summary: and the structure/outline of the document. They will take a look
at 3 landmark court cases, and determine whether or not the
cases being heard violate/go against/are lawful in terms of the
constitution and the parties involved constitutional rights.
Approximate Length of Unit (days, weeks)
1 school Week (3 regular days, 1 Block day) – Possibly 5 days
Goals:
To have students identify what they need to know, and learn in order to create a webpage
that a 5th grade classroom might be able to use as a resource when learning about the
beginnings of America’s Democracy.
Objectives:
Students will be able to …
- Know and understand how Supreme Court Cases set “precedent” and/or become
“Settled Law”.
- Analyze 3 landmark Supreme Court Cases
- Understand what the
Lesson Plan Sequence of Events – give day-to-day details:
Day 1 – Give out instructions, have students sign up for popplet, demonstrate what is
being asked (student prototype) Get them into groups. Hand out the Case information.
- Focus is on Youngstown v. Sawyer
- Read the case information (ask them not to look at the original case online, as I
would like them to generate what they think the outcome should be, and in the
end compare it to the actual outcome.
- (Description of activity for Popplet #1)
Using Popplet , create a New Popplet titled - U.S. Supreme Court Cases. In total you will

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add a minimum of 6 boxes (popplets) with the following titles. In each of the popplets,
be sure to write in all information that you and your group discussed, that you feel is
necessary in terms of deciding the outcome. Please DO NOT look up the actual outcome
for your case. This will be done at a later date. Be sure to "Add Collaborators" to your
popplet (your group members) and send the link to me! When you have completed the
popplet - Take a screen shot and post it to the activity!
Supreme Court Case
Case Information (in your words)
Facts in the Case
Justification (where is it found in the Constitution)
Legal Reasoning
Your Decision (yes, no, and why?)
Day 2 – Same as the day before, Case change – Gonzales v. Raich
Day 3 – Same as the previous day, Case change – Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Day 4 – Have groups look up the decision, compare it to theirs, and add one popplet to
each of the cases, including the actual outcome. Discuss and have groups present their
popplets (The top 3 in the class – each present one case)
Key Websites Used:
Popplet.com; Oyez.org
Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction
Resource Student: Omar Uribe – Gave him a specific task with limited “popplets” to
create. Narrowed down his task to just the case, what happened,
and where in the constitution is it dealing with. (Due to
attendance issues, student was not put into a group. Meet with
student to go over assignment, and assist with answering
questions, providing clarification.)
Gifted Student: Emil Pinlac – Put student in group with other “high” achievers.
Ask that they elaborate, provide beyond the basic in terms of
details/justification and include/incorporate visuals, as well as
present final Popplet to the class.